Body pulled out of Fort Lauderdale river after reports of missing swimmer, police say
.jpg "Fort Lauderdale Police divers found a body in the New River near The Wharfr after reports of a misisng swimmer on Saturday.")
The body of a man police believe may have been a missing swimmer was pulled from the New River in Fort Lauderdale early Saturday morning.
Emergency crews began searching around 2:40 a.m. after receiving a call about someone in distress in the water near 20 W. Las Olas Boulevard. The address matches that of The Wharf, a popular event space.
Witnesses reported seeing a man struggling in the river, and one bystander even jumped in to try to save him but lost sight of the swimmer, said Casey Liening, a spokesperson for the Fort Lauderdale Police Department.
Fort Lauderdale police, fire rescue and a Broward Sheriff’s Office helicopter team conducted an initial search but found no sign of the man.
A short time later, Fort Lauderdale police divers located a body believed to be the missing swimmer.
Authorities have not yet confirmed the identity of the individual and have launched an investigation to determine what happened.